Ingild of Wessex was born 680 to Cenred of Wessex (c644-c694) and died 718 Wessex of unspecified causes.
Ingild of Wessex was a member of the royal family of Wessex, a powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom that existed in what is now southern England. Ingild was the son of King Cenred and the brother of King Ine, who ruled Wessex from around 688 to 726 AD.
Not much is known about Ingild's life, but he is mentioned in a number of historical sources. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle notes that he died in 718 AD, but provides no further details. The Chronicle also mentions that he was buried in the Old Minster in Winchester, which was the royal church of Wessex.
Family of Ingild
Ingild of Wessex was brother to the Ine of Wessex, who ruled as King of Wessex. (See House of Wessex family tree). Ine outlived Ingild, who died in 718. Ine (or Ina) and several siblings are mentioned extensively in the
Genealogy and accession
Early sources agree that Ine was the son of Cenred, and that Cenred was the son of Ceolwald; further back there is less agreement.[1] Ine was born around 670[2] and his siblings included a brother, Ingild, and two sisters, Cuthburh and Cwenburg. Ingild is given by the Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies as ancestor of king Egbert of Wessex and the subsequent kings of England.[3] Cuthburh was married to King Aldfrith of Northumbria,[4] and Ine himself was married to Æthelburg.[1] Bede tells that Ine was "of the blood royal", by which he means the royal line of the Gewisse, the early West Saxon tribal name.[5]
The genealogy of Ine and of the kings of Wessex is known from two sources: the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List. The Chronicle was created in the late 9th century, probably at the court of Alfred the Great, and some of its annals incorporated short genealogies of kings of Wessex. These are often at variance with the more extensive information in the Regnal List.[6] The inconsistencies appear to result from the efforts of later chroniclers to demonstrate that each king on the list was descended from Cerdic, the founder, according to the Chronicle, of the West Saxon line in England.[7]
Ine's predecessor on the throne of Wessex was Cædwalla, but there is some uncertainty about the transition from Cædwalla to Ine. Cædwalla abdicated in 688 and departed for Rome to be baptized. According to the West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List, Ine reigned for 37 years, abdicating in 726. These dates imply that he did not gain the throne until 689, which could indicate an unsettled period between Cædwalla's abdication and Ine's accession. Ine may have ruled alongside his father, Cenred, for a period: there is weak evidence for joint kingships, and stronger evidence of subkings reigning under a dominant ruler in Wessex, not long before this time.[8] Ine acknowledges his father's help in his code of laws,[9] and there is also a surviving land-grant that indicates Cenred was still reigning in Wessex after Ine's accession.[10][11]
House of Wessex
He was of the royal English dynasty called House of Wessex, a family originating in the southwest corner of England and gradually increased in power and prestiege. The House became rulers of all the country with the reign of Alfred the Great in 871 and lasting until Edmund Ironside in 1016. This period of the English monarchy is known as the Saxon period.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Eoppa of Wessex (c706-781) | 706 | 781 | |
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ine of Wessex (-728) | 680 | 728 Wessex | |
| Ingild of Wessex (-718) | 680 | 718 Wessex | |
| Cuthburh (c668-725) | 668 Wessex, England | 725 England | Ealdfrið, King of Northumbria |
| Cwenburg (c670-690) | 670 Wessex, England | 690 Wessex, England | |
See Also
Bibliography
- Bierbrier, M.L., "Genealogical Flights of Fancy. Old Assumptions, New Sources", Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2:379–87.
- Edwards, Heather (2004). "Ecgberht [Egbert] (d. 839), king of the West Saxons". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8581. Retrieved 14 May 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- Garmonsway, G.N. ed., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.
- Kelley, David H., "The House of Aethelred", in Brooks, Lindsay L., ed., Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans. Salt Lake City: The Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, Occasional Publication, No. 2, pp. 63–93.
External Links
- Ingild of Wessex at thePeerage
- Ingild of Wessex - Geni.com
- Anglo-Saxon and Danish Kings of England - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
- Ine of Wessex - Wikipedia (Brother of Ingild)
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Pt 1 A.D. 400-750 - Online Medieval & Classical Library
Royal Lineage Family
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles compiled at the time of Alfred the Great generally agree as to the royal lineage of the early English kings through the House of Wessex. Ingild of Wessex was the brother of king Ine of Wessex, and a descendant of founder Cerdic of Wessex. They show that lineage as follows:
- Cenred of Wessex, King of Wessex and son of Ceolwald of Wessex, a desendant of Cerdic of Wessex, the first Wessex King.
- Ingild of Wessex, royal prince and son of Cenred of Wessex
- Eoppa of Wessex, son of Ingild of Wessex.
- Eafa of Wessex, son of Eoppa.
- Ealhmund of Kent, son of Eafa, ruled briefly as King of Kent in the year 784.
- Egbert, King of Wessex (c769-839) son of Ealhmund of Kent, he was able to wrest control of both Wessex and Kent from the King of Mercia (c 790-839) and back to the royal family of Wessex.
- Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (c795-858), helped his father conquer the Kingdom of Kent in 825 and inherited his fathers throne in 839. While king he repelled several Viking invasions and undertook a pilgrimage to Rome in 855. Several of his sons succeeded to his thone in turn until the youngest, thru which the royal line continued.
- Alfred the Great, King of Anglo-Saxons (ruled 871-899), son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburga.
Contemporary Sources
Anglo Saxon Chronicles
- Succession of Wessex: Then succeeded Brihtric, whose kin goeth to Cerdic, and reigned sixteen years. Then succeeded Egbert to the kingdom, and
held it seven and thirty winters, and seven months. Then succeeded Ethelwulf, his son, and reigned eighteen years and a half. Ethelwulf was the son of Egbert, Egbert of Ealmund, Ealmund of Eafa, Eafa of Eoppa, Eoppa of Ingild, Ingild of Cenred (Ina of Cenred, Cuthburga of Cenred, and Cwenburga of Cenred), Cenred of Ceolwald, Ceolwald of Cuthwulf, Cuthwulf of Cuthwine, Cuthwine of Celm, Celm of Cynric, Cynric of Creoda, Creoda of Cerdic.
- AD 718: This year died Ingild, the brother of Ina. Cwenburga and Cuthburga were their sisters.
Ancestry Trees
- Alfred the Great Family Ancestry
- House of Wessex
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle which gives a genealogy for Æthelwulf of Wessex (c795-858).
References
- ^ a b Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, pp. 42–43.
- ^ Panton, James (24 February 2011). Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy. Scarecrow Press. p. 108. ISBN 9780810874978. https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA108.
- ^ Garmonsway, G.N. ed., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, London, J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., pp. xxxii,2,4,42,66
- ^ Kirby, Earliest English Kings, p. 143.
- ^ Bede, Ecclesiastical History, quoted from Leo Sherley-Price's translation, p. 276.
- ^ For a discussion of the Chronicle and Regnal List see Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms, pp. 128–129. For a recent translation of both sources, see Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, pp. 2, 40–41.
- ^ Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms, pp. 142–143.
- ^ Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms, p.145–146
- ^ Kirby, Earliest English Kings, p. 122.
- ^ "Anglo-Saxons.net S 1164". http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+1164.
- ^ Kirby, Earliest English Kings, p. 120.